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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay selat (“strait”). Singapore was the capital of Straits Settlements as a British colony.
Pronunciation
Note: sêg8 lag8 - Jieyang.
Proper noun
石叻
- (regional, dated) Singapore
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
新加坡 (“Singapore”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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新加坡
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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新加坡
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| Malaysia
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新加坡, 新國
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| Singapore
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新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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星加坡, 叻埠
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| Hong Kong
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新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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星加坡
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| Penang (Guangfu)
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星加坡
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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星加坡
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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新加坡, 石叻 dated
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| Quanzhou
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新加坡
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| Zhangzhou
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新加坡
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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新加坡, 實叻坡
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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新加坡
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| Jieyang
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石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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新加坡
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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新加坡
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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新加坡
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References
- Duffus, William (1883) “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245